Stocking Stuffers: Mountain Pillows

Photo courtesy of Mountain Pillows

There are gifts that make you smile. Then there are gifts that make you smile so hard you feel like your face is going to fall off. Such said gift is a handmade bundle of love from Mountain Pillows.

Sewn by designer and adventurer Simone Drucker, each pillow is hand-signed and dated by the Venice, CA dweller (hey, my old stomping ground!) and looks like patchwork perfection for more rustic abodes.

Goal 1: Buy a house. Goal 2: Fill it with awesome pillows.

"I was inspired by rock-climbing trips I've taken this year, mostly in the Sierras and in the Bishop/Mammoth area," says Drucker. "The first pillow I made was a gift for my boyfriend, who is an obsessive climber. Everyone loved the design so much, I was encouraged to start a collection."

Simone Drucker.

If you have any doubts about what to get the gear-lover in your life, ditch REI and head to Drucker's website esty.com/shop/mountainpillows or  www.mountainpillows.com. Oh, and send me one while you're at it!